Warning: This post contains spoilers for Thursday’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds premiere. Captain Christopher Pike is on a mission as Season 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds dawns — and it’s an emotional one.

Strange New Worlds season 3 premiere wastes no time pulling viewers back into its high-stakes universe of diplomatic tensions, ethical quandaries, and emotional reckonings.

Like many Paramount+ shows, Strange New Worlds drops new episodes at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Time, meaning the new episodes will hit at 3:00 a.m. Eastern Time. So, if you're up late on Wednesday night, you can watch the two-episode premiere.

Below, Ethan Peck, who is a delight playing the Vulcan/human Science Officer Spock, shares his thoughts on the upcoming third season’s stories that run the gamut from parodies a